Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think that, from all the teachers I have talked to and all the divisional education councils and people I have talked to, the support is there from everybody for inclusive schooling. Nobody wants to go back to the pullout system. What they say is, make sure that we have adequate supports in the classroom to deliver the program. I think, working with our partners, the divisional education councils, that we will have to see what we can do to achieve that. I think that there are a number of small scale programs that work. I have seen, for instance, in Hay River, a program where volunteers come into the school and work improving literacy skills with children. We may have to work with communities to find ways such as that to augment services that we provide. That is the sort of support where you can get one, two or three children into a small group with somebody working with them for short periods of time, not a completely segregated program, but where they get additional supports to bring their skill levels up. I think that if we can find ways to improve on that, we will be more successful.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 2nd, 1998
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